Carson Jeffres

Fish scientist, fisherman, lover of science

[Jeff Opperman💧🐟🎸 @jjopperman]

The uncertainty of future hydrology with climate change. 1/4

The world: should we invest in flood-risk management or interventions to reduce risk of water scarcity?

Floodplains:

[Jeff Opperman💧🐟🎸 @jjopperman]

...beyond⬇️risk, Bypass provides productive habitat for native fish & birds. Juvenile salmon grow faster on Bypass than in river (photo below from nearby Cosumnes floodplain; fish on R reared in floodplain; on L in river. Similar results from Yolo). But wait, there's even more

[Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl]

📢New #OA paper on #salmon #foodscapes + the importance of #trophic subsidies from #floodplain to #river, published by #Landscape #Ecology @SpringerNature📢 https://t.co/DhFV194cD0

Abridged version below!

CONTEXT
Huge landscape + #foodweb change➡️hungry, stressed salmon 1/6

[UC Davis School of Education @UCDEducation]

Good news alert: a pilot program will train teachers and engage students in the mystery of the corkscrew salmon. @UCDavisWater, @UCDavisCCS and @SolanoCOE partnered with @NOAA and @CaliforniaDFW to make it happen. https://t.co/h5PNUxWwQ4

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

So much empathy and respect for people that I have seen give awesome presentations in a second language. I am going to try to fumble my way through one tomorrow. Slightly nervous…

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

Leaving Santos Brazil after an amazing 4 weeks of sampling, learning, asking questions, and hopefully building this seed grant into a long-term project with real management implications. Thanks @UCDavisGlobal !

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

Watching artisanal tainha fishermen pull ~500m net to the shore in Barra da Lagoa. Amazing to watch everyone come out to help pull the net in. Note people in the distance are the other end of the net.

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

Microscope✅, eye lens peeling supplies ✅. Getting packed to head down to Santos Brazil to look at estuary use by tainha on the southern Brazil coast. Thanks @UCDavisGlobal for seed grant and @eyeballMir helping get ready.

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

I guess it is called “nourishment “

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

Souther California “dealing” with beach erosion and sea level rise due to climate change.

[Santa Cruz - Monterey Bay Area Subunit of AFS @scmbas_afs]

The seminar series Diverse Voices in Fisheries Science begins next week! Miranda Bell Tilcock (@eyeballMir) of UC Davis Center for Watershed Science (@UCDavisWater) is our first presenter! Join us on Wednesday, April 6th 4-5 PM!
Zoom Info:
ID: 970 6501 8614
Password: fisheries

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

@AFishInSchool @GonzagaU Great news. Congratulations.

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

@eyeballMir I am supportive of this practice and have both vials of eye lenses and otoliths on the desk!

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

@AFishInSchool @CAfishdiaries @UCDEducation Yes! They are the only untreated hatchery fall run in the system. It will be really valuable data for the project and also great data for the kids to collect.

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

Got to put salmon eggs (part of thiamine deficiency study) into high school classes as part of Salmon in the Classroom and UCD citizen science. So excited to include kids into this amazing group of scientists doing this important work. @CAfishdiaries @UCDEducation

[Unfold @Unfoldpodcast]

End of year Unfold #podcast wrap up. ICYMI, topics include why songs 🎵 get stuck in our heads, what you can learn from fish 👁️, axolotls, superheroes, crazy insects & more. Listen to hosts @AmyMQuinton @UCDavis_Kerlin cure your curiosity this season https://t.co/bGXkW2KkTL

[Miranda Tilcock @eyeballMir]

Super excited to be featured along side @fishlips_caj in this seasons unfold!

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

We are on our way back to the US after 5 months in Brazil. Thanks @FulbrightPrgrm @fulbrightbrasil An experience I will not forget.

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

@JimHobbs @FulbrightPrgrm @fulbrightbrasil @eyeballMir @UCDavisWater Thanks! The otoliths are in eppenndorf tubes in the larger white tube. They are actually too large to fit into the isotope wells!

[Carson Jeffres @fishlips_caj]

I am not sure if I should be proud, sad, excited, or nervous that the last 5 months of work is now in 6 isotope trays, 8 envelopes and 8 vials getting ready to be sent to the US for analysis. Thanks @FulbrightPrgrm @fulbrightbrasil @eyeballMir @UCDavisWater !